Then Kricket Bridges and Chase Thompson scored goals less than two minutes apart in the first 11 minutes of the second half to seal the outcome. Bridges’ goal came off a Thompson assist, while Thompson’s second score was on a header off a Lisa Nanney corner kick, one of two Nanney assists.

Rebecca Peters also had an assist for Shelby.

Lilly Humphries scored a late goal for the Lady Chargers off a Sara Odembo assist.

Crest (7-8-2) hosts county rival Kings Mountain in a Big South 3A Conference matchup Monday. Shelby (11-4-1) returns to South Mountain Athletic 2A/3A Conference play when it visits East Rutherford at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Varsity baseball

Crest 6, Hunter Huss 1 — Ben Canipe threw six innings to earn the win. He struck out six, with one walk, one hit batsman, three hits and one run allowed.

Brock Melton was 4-for-4 with three RBIs, Nick Hastings went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Canipe was 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Chargers offensively.

Crest scored three runs in the top of the sixth to push it to 6-0 before the Huskies scored their only run in the bottom half of the inning.

Kale was the winning pitcher, throwing three scoreless innings with three hits allowed, two strikeouts and a walk. Ollis struck out three and gave up a pair of unearned runs while allowing no hits in two innings of relief.